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Bostonist loves the biking, so we were happy to see Boston Biker's great Back To School Bike Guide. There are definitely many aspects of biking in Boston that differ from biking elsewhere, so the guide is key for bikers accustomed to zooming down large, empty, straight streets. Here, you'll have to deal with tons of traffic, one-way streets, insane intersections where seven streets meet without signage (or bike lanes), and--best of all--streets that don't really go anywhere, forcing you to twist and turn a long route to a destination that would be only a mile or two as the crow flies. Sometimes it's easiest to just stick to the Esplanade. Wherever you go, wear a helmet--traffic (including pedestrians and other bikers) is unpredictable. (And if you're in Holliston, you could find yourself bikeless if you "forget" your helmet and you're under 18.)

Read our interview with festival founder Brendt Barbur!

Wheelworks is a local bike shop with three locations (two in Belmont, one in Somerville), plenty of workshops, and more bikes than you'd ever have time to ride. In honor of bike week, Bostonist spoke with Wheelworks co-owner Peter Mooney about his biking practices. Check the Wheelworks calendar for upcoming workshops and bike week events.

Bike to Work Week is almost over, but it's now time for the Bike Weekend! Several local shops and biking groups are hosting cool open houses and other events, so get (your tires) pumped and ride on out for some fun!

What if Paul Revere had ridden a bike instead of a horse? That's sort of the idea behind Urban AdvenTours' historical tours of Boston, conducted by (sometimes) behatted guides who issue their proclamations from the seat of a bike instead of an exhaust-spewing duck. You can tour Fenway, the Charles River, downtown (Back Bay to North End), the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and other areas of Boston by bike with the green- and fitness-minded Urban AdvenTours. Andrew Prescott, a reformed accountant, is Urban AdvenTours' fearless leader. He spoke to us about his biking life and urged us to "keep it wheel." Ha!

Mike Flanigan runs Alternative Needs Transportation (ANT), a bike shop that makes marvelous machines to transport you from point A to point B without nasty emissions. And some of the bikes even have sweet baskets. And one of the bikes is gonna be raffled off at Redbones next Monday. Good deal! To help promote Bay State Bike Week, Bostonist talked to Flanigan about his long biking history and feelings about biking in Boston.

Landry's is a local biking legend, with locations in Boston, Natick, Norwood, and Westboro, all featuring excellent equipment for all your biking needs. From hybrids to commuters to road and mountain bikes, they've got a machine to get you where you need to go--and apparel and accessories to make you look super-cool while you're getting there. Landry's also provides fitting services to help you find the right bike for your height, which is a more difficult and more crucial undertaking than you might think!

If you’ve been putting off getting out your bike because of the weather, you no longer have an excuse. The Bay State has finally unfrozen, becoming as friendly to bikers as anyplace with Masshole drivers can possibly be. May is National Bike Month and this week’s been chosen as the Bay State Bike Week. The state is trying to encourage commuters to bike 50,000 miles to work this week with a variety of bike-oriented events in Boston and beyond. Join the challenge--you might lose a little weight in addition to saving the world (and gas money)!